Pakistan Timeline

[Mirza Ghalib]

Pakistan Timeline

Aug 14, 1947

Oct 27, 1947

Mar 21, 1948

Jinnah declares Urdu to be the national language of Pakistan in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

Sep 11, 1948

M. A. Jinnah, the father of the nation and the Governor General of Pakistan dies. The Chief Minister of East Pakistan, Khwaja Nazim-ud-Din becomes the new Governor General.

Mar 1949

Prominent Bengali politician, Maulana Abdul Hameed Khan Bhashani establishes Awami Muslim League in Dhaka, East Pakistan. Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman becomes one of the Assistant General Secretaries of the party.

Oct 16, 1951

Jan 26, 1952

The committee formed by the Constituent Assembly to formulates the guiding principles of the Constitution, presents its recommendations. One of the recommendations is that Urdu would be the only national language of Pakistan. This enrages people in East Pakistan.

Jan 30, 1952

Strong protests are held in Dhaka, East Pakistan against making Urdu the only national language of the country. The Bengali population perceives it as another attempt of West Pakistan to establish its cultural hegemony over the Bengali people.

Feb 21, 1952

Processions are held in East Pakistan and clashes between police and protestants result in killing of three students and injuring several others. Later, monuments are created to commemorate the sacrifice of the martyrs. These monuments soon become social symbols, especially for political activities and movements.

Apr 17, 1953

Apr 1953

Awami Muslim League is renamed as Awami League

Sep 1953

Maulvi Fazl-e-Haq establishes his own political party in Dhaka called Krishak Sramik Party.

Mar 30, 1954

The United Front is invited to form government. Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman becomes a Minister

May 30, 1954

Oct 24, 1954

Apr 15, 1955

A new Constituent Assembly is formed, comprising 180 members from provincial legislatures.

Jun 1955

Aug 6, 1955

Sep 7, 1955

Oct 14, 1955

All the western provinces are merged to form one unit called West Pakistan.

Feb 29, 1956

Mar 23, 1956

The new Constitution is enforced

Aug 20, 1956

Krishak Sramik Party government is forced to resign. Instead Awami League aligns with a party of a Hindu Leader G. K. Das to form government, with Ata-ur-Rehman as its Chief Minister.

Sep 8, 1956

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali resigns from the central government.

Sep 12. 1956

Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy becomes the new Prime Minister (verify role here). He enjoys support of the Rupublican Party that was formed with the auspices of Sikander Mirza.